We’re into the weekend, and fall is coming on strong, as: it’s Saturday, September 12, 2020, National Chocolate Milkshake Day. It’s also International Drive Your Studebaker Day (does anybody have one?), National Iguana Awareness Day, Aunt’s Day (which aunt?), Video Games Day, and National Day of Encouragement, whatever that’s for. News of the Day: Don’t […]
Category Archives: Leon monologue
Wednesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
September 2, 2020 – 6:30 am
It’s our first Hump Day in September: Wednesday, September 2, 2020, and National “Grits for Breakfast” Day. Why the scare quotes, though? Don’t be scared of grits! You either love grits with breakfast or you hate them, and I’m in the first class—the right class. You can’t beat a good Southern breakfast of grits, fried […]
Tuesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
August 25, 2020 – 6:30 am
I SAW A COYOTE (Canis latrans) ON MY WAY TO WORK! It ran along a sidewalk perpendicular to me, and it ran quickly and silently. It was not a dog: it was lean, shaped like a coyote (it was dark) and had a fluffy tail. It loped onto the lawn behind Rockefeller Chapel and disappeared. […]
Monday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
July 27, 2020 – 6:30 am
Well, here we are back the start of the week: n = n + 1 on Monday, July 27, 2020. Is anyone dispirited like me, or is everyone ebullient? If so, why? At least we have lots of cat pictures today: all of the Polish cats including Hili, Szaron, Leon, and the tiny new kitten […]
Wednesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
July 15, 2020 – 6:30 am
Good morning on a pandemic Hump Day: Wednesday, July 15, 2020: National Tapioca Pudding Day. It’s also Orange Chicken Day (cultural appropriation), I Love Horses Day, and National Respect Canada Day (Canada don’t get no respect, sheesh!) It’s also Saint Swithun’s Day, and, as the legend goes, “According to tradition, if it rains on Saint […]
Sunday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
July 12, 2020 – 6:30 am
Good morning on Sunday, July 12, 2020: National Pecan Pie Day. Protip: Pecan pie is one of the best pies around, but in its apogee the pecans go throughout the filling rather than forming only a thin layer atop a gelatinous Karo-syrup goo. Here’s a good pecan pie: Here’s a bad pecan pie. If you […]
Friday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
June 19, 2020 – 6:30 am
It’s the end of the work week, but does anybody know that it’s a Friday (June 19, 2020)? Well, it’s National Martini Day, so help yourself to a Friday libation (shaken, not stirred). It is of course Juneteenth, and here’s a brief history of the holiday from Wikipedia: Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth), also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day, is an […]
Thursday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
April 30, 2020 – 6:30 am
Good morning on Thursday, April 30, 2020, which puts us about three or four days from D-Day (Duckling Day). Fingers crossed! It’s both and National Raisin Day and National Oatmeal Cookie Day. The latter often contain the formers, but I see the whole enterprise of making these unpalatable cookies as failed attempt to replicate chocolate-chip cookies. […]
Wednesday: Hili dialogue
April 15, 2020 – 7:00 am
Good morning on Wednesday, April 15, 2020: TAX DEADLINE in the U.S. If you’re hoping for that $1200 Pandemic Reparation, you’d better file by midnight! (Actually, they’ve pushed the deadline back to July 15, but if you want that dosh it’s best to file now.) It’s snowing in Chicago, and will be cold for several […]
Saturday: Hili dialogue
March 21, 2020 – 6:45 am
We’ve reached Caturday, March 21, 2020, National Crunchy Taco Day. There are a ton of holidays today: it’s also Maple Syrup Saturday, National French Bread Day (if that’s not cultural appropriation, I don’t know what is), National California Strawberry Day, National Corn Dog Day, National Flower Day, and National Healthy Fats Day. Finally, its also […]
